












                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                           "Tin Man" 
                          #40273-168 
                              
                          Written by 
                     Dennis Putman Bailey 
                               & 
                        David Bischoff 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Robert Scheerer 


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                        FINAL DRAFT

                      JANUARY 31, 1990


             STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - 1/31/90 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Tin Man" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             TAM ELBRUN
                RIKER              CAPTAIN JONATHAN DESOTO
                DATA               ROMULAN COMMANDER
                BEVERLY            
                TROI               
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                WESLEY             
                O'BRIEN            
                COMPUTER VOICE     

                Non-Speaking       
                  SUPERNUMERARIES    
                  ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS

              STAR TREK: "Tin Man" 1/31/90 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Tin Man" 
                              
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM     USS HOOD
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              CORRIDOR                 ROMULAN WARBIRDS
              TURBOLIFT
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE       TIN MAN
              SICKBAY/CRUSHER'S OFFICE
              TAM'S GUEST QUARTERS
              DATA'S QUARTERS
              MAIN ENGINEERING
              TEN-FORWARD
          
            TIN MAN ("GOMTUU")
              PILOT'S CHAMBER
              CORRIDOR
          
            USS HOOD
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
          
            ROMULAN WARBIRD
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - 1/31/90 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                           "Tin Man" 
                            
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

              HAYASHI NEBULA         ha-YAH-she
              TAM ELBRUN             TAM EL-brun
              GHORUSDA               gor-OOSH-dah
              BETA STROMGREN         STRUM-gren
              CHANDRA FIVE           CHON-druh
              GOMTUU                 GOM-too

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - TEASER        1-2.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                          "Tin Man"                                
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving at warp.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43779.3.
			The Enterprise is preparing
			detailed atmospheric charts of the
			Hayashi system. Although tedious,
			this endeavor is the first step
			toward planet colonization.

2    INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	PICARD and RIKER at Command. WORF and TROI are at
	their stations. DATA and WESLEY are at Ops and Conn.

	Data reacts to something on the Ops panel.

					DATA
			Sensors report the USS Hood
			closing on an intercept course
			at high warp.

					PICARD
			That's odd... I wasn't notified
			of a rendezvous.

					RIKER
			They seem to be in an awful hurry.

					WORF
			Sir, we are being hailed on a
			secured channel by Captain DeSoto.

					PICARD
			On screen.

         STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - TEASER         3.

3
thru	OMITTED
5

6    WIDE ANGLE FAVORING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	TIGHT ANGLE ON DESOTO in the Hood's Ready Room.

					DESOTO
			Sorry to sneak up on you like
			that, Jean-Luc --

					PICARD
			Robert, why didn't you inform
			us --

					DESOTO
			-- Out here, you never know
			who's listening. Keeps you on
			your toes, anyway. Hey, Will,
			you getting soft on that luxury
			liner?

	Riker grins. Picard is still puzzled.

					PICARD
			So, old friend. How are you?

					DESOTO
			Ah, you know, they send you
			Galaxy-Class boys out here to the
			far reaches. Me, I'm hauling my
			butt back and forth between
			starbases --

         STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - TEASER         4.

7    ANGLE ON PICARD

	Smiling to Riker and Troi; DeSoto's put-on griping is
	an old song going back to when he and Picard served
	together as lieutenants.

					PICARD
			But not today.

8    CROSSCUTTING FROM BRIDGE TO MAIN VIEWER AS NECESSARYY
	(OPTICAL)

					DESOTO
			Nope. Starfleet's got new orders
			for you. This is top priority.
			They need the fastest ship in
			the fleet -- and the best people.
			That's you.

					PICARD
			If time is so important, why
			didn't they transmit the orders
			by subspace?

					DESOTO
			They're worried about Romulan
			eavesdropping on this one. And
			we've got a passenger for you.
			Hard to send by subspace.

					PICARD
			What sort of passenger?

					DESOTO
			Mission specialist. He'll bring
			your orders aboard with him.
			Name's Tam Elbrun.

					RIKER
				(startled)
			Elbrun? You mean Tam Elbrun as
			in the Ghorusda disaster?

         STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - TEASER         5.

8    CONTINUED:

					DESOTO
			The same.
				(sighing)
			What can I say? Your orders are
			to cooperate fully with him.

9    REACTION SHOT OF TROI

	clearly distressed at the discussion of Elbrun.

					DESOTO
				(continuing)
			Best of luck, folks. Hood out.

10   BACK TO SHOT

	A view of space replaces DeSoto's image.

					DATA
			Sir, the Hood is slowing to
			impulse.

	Picard rises, looks dubiously at the others. Most of
	whom clearly know the name Elbrun.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, come with me --

11   ANGLE ON TROI

	who steps anxiously toward Picard.

					TROI
			Captain, let me come with you to
			greet Tam --

					PICARD
			You know him?

12   CLOSE ON TROI

					TROI
			I do... He was at the university
			on Betazed when I studied
			psychology there.

					PICARD
			Ah, I see. He was a colleague,
			then.

         STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - TEASER         6.

12   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			No, sir. He was a patient...

	Off Picard's reaction.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE        7.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

13   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND U.S.S. HOOD (OPTICAL)

	running at impulse speed.

14   INT. CORRIDOR - TRACKING SHOT - PICARD, TROI AND DATA

	ENTERING the Transporter Room.

					TROI
			Tam is a telepath of extraordinary
			talent, even for a Betazoid. He's
			a specialist in first contact with
			new life-forms, and... a rather
			unique person.
				(a beat)
			He's not what you might expect,
			Captain.

	Troi and Picard EXIT into Transporter Room. Off Data's
	puzzled expression as he follows them.

15   INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	O'Brien behind console, as Tam Elbrun MATERIALIZES on
	the transporter. He's a mid-thirties Betazoid, with
	wide, dark eyes. He appears nervous. Informally
	dressed, not at all officious.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT ONE        8.

15   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Welcome aboard the Enterprise.
			I'm --

					TAM
			Captain Picard. Here --

	Tam reaches into his pocket and produces a data
	cassette. He flips it casually to Picard as he steps
	down. Picard catches it, annoyed. Tam's attitude is
	abrupt and rude.

					TAM
				(continuing)
			You want to know all about your
			mission. Everything's on there.
			Orders and briefings. Destination
			and heading, all that.

16   ANGLE ON PICARD AND DATA

	standing by transporter console. Picard is visibly
	annoyed. He hands the cassette to Data, who accepts it
	and steps toward Tam as if to ask a question.

					TAM
				(to Troi)
			I sensed you were out here.
			How've you been?

17   ANGLE ON TROI

					TROI
				(embarrassed by Tam's
				 tactlessness, she still
				 can't help smiling)
			Fine, but Tam, I...

               TAM                         TROI
     Thought you were on     ... thought you were on
     Chandra Five.            Chandra Five.

	They laugh -- this is a familiar routine to them both.
	Data now has come to stand behind Tam, unnoticed.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE        9.

17   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Sir --

	Tam whirls on Data as if a rocket just went off behind
	him. NO ONE has EVER approached Tam Elbrun without his
	awareness. Until now.

					TAM
			Who -- what are you?

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			My name is Data.

	Tam locks gazes with Troi, READING the answers he wants
	from HER MIND. Then he looks back at Data, fascinated
	as a child with a new toy.

					TAM
			Incredible, an android. I can't
			read you at all. It's like you're
			not there.

	Data frowns, puzzled. Tam notices the cassette in the
	android's hand.

					TAM
			Oh. You better hurry up to the
			bridge with that. Captain wants
			you to run the orders, scan the
			technical schematics, and be ready
			to brief him in ten minutes.
				(to Picard)
			Right?

	Picard activates his communicator.

					PICARD
			Number One?

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker here.

					PICARD
			Meet Mister Data on the bridge.
			He has our orders and new heading.

					RIKER
			Aye, sir.

	Picard nods to Data. Data EXITS.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE        10.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			And assemble the bridge staff for
			a mission briefing in -- fifteen
			minutes. Picard out.
				(to Tam)
			Mister Elbrun. Would you --

					TAM
				(flatly)
			Like to see my quarters. No.
			I'd rather get this briefing over
			with. Then be left alone until
			I'm needed.

	Tam EXITS. Troi looks apologetically at Picard, who is
	severe. They exit together after Tam.

18   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND U.S.S HOOD (OPTICAL)

	as the Hood veers away to starboard, leaving the
	Enterprise. The Enterprise turns.

19   INT. CORRIDOR - TRACKING SHOT - RIKER AND GEORDI

	are walking to turbolift.

					GEORDI
			I've heard something about
			Ghorusda. Weren't about forty
			people killed --

					RIKER
			Forty-seven, including the captain
			of the Adelphi -- and two friends
			from my class at the Academy.

					GEORDI
			Sorry. What happened?

	Riker and Geordi step into turbolift. The doors close.

20   INT. TURBOLIFT - RIKER AND GEORDI

					RIKER
			It was a first contact situation.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT ONE        11.

20   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			The Ghorusdans values are so
			complex, and so different, that
			the Federation sent along a
			specialist. To prevent
			misunderstanding.

					GEORDI
			That was Tam Elbrun? And what
			happened was his fault?

	Riker considers a moment, before answering.

					RIKER
			Not directly. Board of inquiry
			blamed Captain Darson's
			carelessness about Ghorusdan
			cultural taboos.
				(pause)
			But if Elbrun's so good, why
			didn't he warn Darson? What was
			he there for, if he couldn't sense
			that much hostility?

21   INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Data is at Science One. Worf at Tactical.
	Supernumeraries at all other stations. Data is loading
	the data chip. Geordi and Riker stand at Data's
	shoulder.

					DATA
			Commander, Geordi... do you ever
			feel as if I am not "there?" That
			is to say... not "here."

	Reactions from others. Geordi clasps Data's shoulders
	as if testing his solidness.

					GEORDI
			You seem to be all here.

	Data considers this, then turns his attention to the
	screen where the information is appearing.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT ONE        12.

21   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Our destination is the Beta
			Stromgren system, following the
			path of the Vega Nine probe.

					RIKER
			That's twenty-three parsecs beyond
			our furthest manned explorations.

					DATA
			That is correct, Commander.
			Apparently the probe has
			discovered...
				(a beat, reacting to
				 something he sees on
				 the screen)
			...Astonishing.

22   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Present are Picard, Riker, Geordi, Troi, Data, Worf
	and Tam Elbrun. Tam is seated next to Data. NOTE:
	throughout this scene Tam should appear distracted by
	pain, as from a bad headache.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE        13.

23   CLOSE ON SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	of a RED SUPERGIANT STAR. Flashing around it in close
	orbit is a TINY, BRILLIANT WHITE light.

					DATA
			This is the star Beta Stromgren...

24   PULL BACK TO SHOW OUR PEOPLE AND TAM SEATED AROUND
TABLE

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Scientists have discovered that
			it is in the final stages of an
			alternating cycle of expansion
			and collapse, which will soon
			result in a supernova.
				(beat)
			However, the long-range unmanned
			probe which Starfleet sent to
			observe the process has discovered
			something much more --

					TAM
				(exasperated)
			Oh, Data -- don't waste time.

	Tam reaches past a startled Data and PUNCHES the
	projector CONTROLS. The screen FREEZES its motion.
	A FRAME APPEARS around the star's tiny companion, and
	the framed area is MAGNIFIED to REPLACE the star image.

25   CLOSE ON SCREEN (OPTICAL)

	The new image is a SLENDER OBJECT which PULSES WITH
	LIGHT, of organic appearance. At the aft end of the
	object are two GLOWING ORANGE GRIDS -- clearly ENGINES.
	The whole surface of the thing is NETWORKED by faintly
	pulsing pale white ENERGY PATHS, suggesting something
	between lightning charges and a human circulatory
	system.

					TAM
			They call it "Tin Man". The Vega
			Probe found it orbiting Stromgren.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE        14.

26   BACK TO SHOT (OPTICAL)

					GEORDI
			Looks like a ship of some kind.

					TAM
			Its energy source is unknown.
			The people who've studied the
			transmissions think it's a
			starship. And they're sure it's
			alive.

					PICARD
				(immediately fascinated)
			Alive? How so?

					GEORDI
			A cybernetic organism -- like the
			Borg?

					TAM
			No, no, NO! Here --

	Tam manipulates the projector controls again. Data
	looks on, bemused, as the image on the screen is
	replaced by rotating multi-plane artwork representing
	interior diagrams and schematics of Tin Man.

					TAM
			Starfleet believes it's an
			organic creature, born in space,
			living its life in the wastes
			between stars.

	Tam RISES, WINCING slightly, and PACES the room,
	growing more excited as he speaks. Troi notices his
	discomfort.

					TAM
				(continuing)
			No one knows where it came from,
			or why it's here now. And we're
			going to meet it. We're going
			to talk to it.
				(softly, as if to
				 himself)
			I'm going to talk to it.

	Riker regards Tam dubiously.

					RIKER
			Have attempts been made --

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT ONE        15.

26   CONTINUED:

					TAM
			To communicate with it by
			subspace. Of course --
			linguacode, universal translation,
			all that. It won't work. Tin Man
			is too different. Direct
			mind-to-mind contact is our only
			hope.

					TROI
			The opportunity for discovery is
			extraordinary -- but I don't yet
			understand Starfleet's urgency
			--

	Tam turns to Troi, a little blankly -- the telepath
	is lost in imagination.

					PICARD
			The Romulans --

					TAM
			Hell, I forgot -- the Romulans...

					PICARD
			They claim the sector of space
			in which Beta Stromgren is
			located.

					WORF
			The Romulans claim all that is
			within their field of vision.

					DATA
			And they routinely monitor the
			telemetry of our deep-space
			probes.

					PICARD
			So it's quite certain they'll
			be sending a ship of their own
			to investigate this Tin Man.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT ONE        16.

26   CONTINUED: (2)

					TAM
			No... Actually, they're sending
			two. Uh, Data --

	Riker reacts -- concerned.

					DATA
			That is correct. Starbase one
			twenty-three detected two
			D'daridex class cruisers on an
			intercept course.
				(to Picard)
			The top speed of this class vessel
			is known to be less than our own,
			sir. We therefore have some
			advantage.

					PICARD
			So, it's a race?
				(thoughtfully)
			An alien intelligence -- a new
			life-form -- representing a
			technology far beyond that of
			either the Romulans or ourselves.
			The Romulans will take whatever
			measures -- military or otherwise
			-- are required to secure the
			creature for study.

					GEORDI
			Study as in dissect, I'd bet.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE        17.

27   ANGLE ON PICARD

					PICARD
			Data, you're our resident honor
			student in exobiology. I'm
			assigning you to head up life
			sciences on this mission.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

					TAM
			Excellent.

					PICARD
			Meeting adjourned, then.

	Everyone but Picard, Tam, Data and Riker EXIT.

					TAM
			So, Data -- I guess you're the
			brains of this outfit, huh?

					PICARD
			Mister Elbrun -- one reason I want
			you to work closely with a member
			of my staff is to avoid any
			further... omissions. The
			possibility of an encounter with
			Romulans on this mission is hardly
			trivial. Yet you --

					TAM
				(interrupting)
			All right, all right... I should
			have brought up the Romulans
			earlier, but I was distracted.

	Riker looks annoyed. Tam reads his thoughts, and turns
	to glare at him.

					TAM
				(to Riker)
			And no, Billy boy, I wasn't
			"distracted" on Ghorusda.
					(MORE)

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE        18.

27   CONTINUED:

					TAM (Cont'd)
			If Darson had listened to me, no
			one would have died. And I
			don't care whether you believe
			that or not.

	Tam EXITS angrily, leaving Riker, Picard and Data
	doubtful and concerned.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT TWO        19.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

29   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Traveling at warp speed.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, Stardate 43782.6.
			Travelling at top warp, we are
			still several days from rendezvous
			with the mysterious entity which
			Starfleet has christened Tin Man.

30   INT. SICKBAY - BEVERLY'S OFFICE - WIDE SHOT

	Picard and Troi are present. BEVERLY is at her desk,
	consulting the computer terminal.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			My immediate concern is with Tam
			Elbrun. Starfleet considers his
			unique abilities crucial to our
			mission. Yet he seems to me...
			unstable.

					BEVERLY
			Well, according to his medical
			records and psych profile, he's
			very high on the ESP scale. A
			sort of prodigy.

					PICARD
			A prodigy? In what sense?

					TROI
			In most Betazoids their telepathic
			gifts develop at adolescence.

					PICARD
			They're not born reading minds?

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT TWO        20.

30   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			No. Except... for some reason
			that no one understands,
			occasionally a Betazoid child is
			born different.

					PICARD
			How "different?"

					TROI
			Born with their telepathic
			abilities "switched on."
			Most Betazoids born like that
			never lead a normal life.

					BEVERLY
				(understanding now)
			The noise of other people's
			thoughts and feelings must be...
			overwhelming. Incomprehensible...
			especially for a child.

					TROI
			And painful. Early diagnosis and
			special training helped Tam adjust
			-- but he has some problems.

					PICARD
				(to Troi)
			You mentioned a hospitalization
			--

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT TWO        21.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					TROI
				(nodding)
			For stress. Repeatedly,
			throughout his life.

					BEVERLY
			I always wonder... what holds one
			person together through that kind
			of struggle, while another goes
			under?

					PICARD
			Yes, well, he's evidently done
			more than "hold together". He's
			the indispensable man -- the
			Federation's finest specialist
			in communication with unknown
			life-forms.

					BEVERLY
			It looks like the more unusual a
			life form is, the better he likes
			it. His personnel file shows that
			he's gravitated toward assignments
			that isolate him from other
			humanoids.

31   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	Data at Command, Worf at Security, Wesley Crusher at Conn.
	Geordi is monitoring the bridge Engineering Aft
	Station. Supernumeraries at all other stations.

					WESLEY
			Commander Data, I'm picking up
			an unusual echo from my
			navigational sensors.

	Worf looks up from his security board.

					WORF
			There is something there, sir,
			tracking us -- matching our speed
			and heading. Something which
			doesn't fully register on our
			instruments.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT TWO        22.

32   ANGLE ON DATA

	as he consults the back-up Conn panel on his command
	chair.

					DATA
			Since there is no known natural
			phenomenon capable of travel at
			warp velocities, there are but
			two possibilities: either it is
			a sensor malfunction, or it is
			another ship, following us
			covertly.

					WORF
			It is not a sensor malfunction.

33   BACK TO SHOT

	as Data RISES and WALKS toward the MAIN VIEWER,
	concerned.

					DATA
			Agreed.

					WESLEY
			A Romulan ship? With their
			cloaking device, we shouldn't pick
			them up at all.

					GEORDI
			Unless they're pulling so much
			power for something else that they
			can't fully cloak.

					WESLEY
			Like what?

					GEORDI
				(shrugging)
			Ask the Romulans... if it is the
			Romulans.

					DATA
			Lieutenant, continue monitoring
			the precise position of the echo
			-- at any sudden change in its
			behavior, initiate Yellow Alert.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT TWO        23.

34   INT. TAM ELBRUN'S GUEST QUARTERS (OPTICAL) - TAM

	is STANDING by the long WINDOW, face half-away from
	the camera, watching the STARS STREAK BY at warp.
	Lights in his cabin are low; he is lost in the depths
	until:

					TAM
			Come in.

	He says this a moment BEFORE the DOOR CHIME SOUNDS and
	Deanna Troi ENTERS. Tam does NOT look to see who it
	is.

					TAM
			How're things in the land of the
			living?

	Now he turns to look at her, smiling.

					TROI
			I thought you might be lonely.
			No one sees you, except Data.

					TAM
			Lonely? I can hear everything
			that everyone on this ship thinks.
				(a beat)
			No one besides you seems to be
			missing my charming --

					TROI
				(interrupting, annoyed)
			You want them to dislike you.
			Why?

	Tam TURNS away.

					TAM
				(sarcastic)
			Because I'm not a nice guy?
				(a beat)
			Okay -- because they scare me.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT TWO        24.

35   ANGLE ON TAM

	as he crosses and SLUMPS wearily into a chair.

					TAM
				(continuing)
			Too many minds, Deanna. I can't
			shut them out -- never could
			learn. All their loves, their
			hates, their fears, their...
			needs. It's like a tide that
			never ebbs.
				(pause)
			I could drown.

	Troi walks to Tam and places a sympathetic hand on his
	shoulder --

					TROI
			I remember.

					TAM
				(smiling in
				 remembrance.)
			You understood -- at least a
			little -- how I felt.
				(indicates the ship)
			I see you finally found a place
			to fit... people to care about...

					TROI
			And you're still looking.

					TAM
				(he stands and begins
				 to pace)
			Then there's Ghorusda. I've got
			enough doubts about my...
			reliability... without having to
			listen to Riker's, and Picard's
			--

					TROI
			What happened there?

					TAM
			I thought everyone knew --

					TROI
			No. What happened to you?

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT TWO       24A.

35   CONTINUED:

					TAM
			Maybe... I got too involved with
			the Ghorusdans, with their point
			of view. It happens to me. I
			wanted everyone to get along.
			I could have warned Darson more
			forcefully.

					TROI
			So after that, you ran away? The
			last I heard, you were the only
			Federation delegate assigned to
			Chandra Five.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT TWO        25.

35   CONTINUED: (2)

					TAM
			Beautiful creatures, the
			Chandrans. Their minds are
			glacial. They have a lovely
			three-day ritual for saying
			"hello." Peaceful, untroubled
			people...

					TROI
			Unlike humanoids?

					TAM
			Well, except for your friend Data.
			I like him. He's... restful.

	Troi tries vainly to suppress a smile.

					TROI
			I believe your impression of Data
			is probably unique.

					TAM
			Yeah? Well, having to get to know
			someone, just once, has its appeal.
			I mean, talking to them, instead
			of getting it all at once up here
			--
				(Tam taps his forehead)
			-- whether I want it or not.

					TROI
			But you accepted this mission.
			You could have stayed on Chandra
			Five. You willingly came aboard
			a ship of over a thousand people
			--

					TAM
			How could I not? Think of it,
			Dee. This intelligence that swims
			naked through space like a fish
			in the sea. Totally alien,
			mysterious -- not like us at all.
			Ancient. And alone.
				(quietly, as if to
				 himself)
			So lonely, for so long.

					TROI
				(concerned)
			How can you know that? Tam?

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT TWO        26.

35   CONTINUED: (3)

	Tam LOOKS AWAY toward the cabin WINDOWS, where the
	stars stream by. Troi's eyes widen as she senses the
	TRUTH, from his silence and his mind.

					TROI
			You're in contact with it. With
			Tin Man. Aren't you?

					TAM
			No -- well... yes. A little.
			Not quite on a conscious level.

					TROI
			But we're still light-years away.
			That must be impossible -- even
			for you.

36   CLOSE ON TAM

					TAM
				(shrugging)
			Impossible for me. Maybe not
			impossible for Tin Man.

37   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	coming out of warp.

38   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	High activity - Wesley Crusher and Data at CONN and OPS,
	Worf at Security, Riker at Command. Supernumeraries
	monitor Science I and Science II as the crew prepares
	for its first contact with the Alien. Picard ENTERS
	from his Ready Room.

					PICARD
			Status, Number One?

	Riker STANDS and yields command chair to Picard.

					RIKER
			We've reached the outer regions
			of the Beta Stromgren system, sir.
			On course for orbital intercept
			of Tin Man, e.t.a. eighteen minutes.

					PICARD
			Grand.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/8/90 - ACT TWO        27.

38   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Not altogether. Astrophysics
			reports that the star's rate of
			collapse is increasing -- it could
			go supernova within the next few
			days.

					DATA
			Captain, we are receiving relayed
			sensor data, from the Vega Probe
			-- including visuals.

					PICARD
			On screen, Mister Data.

39   ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	where the curve of the SUPERGIANT STAR fills half of
	the screen. TIN MAN sweeps majestically into view,
	shimmering with the silver iridescence of an
	otherworldly fish. As it sails past the viewer POV,
	the fire of its engines can be seen. Tin Man is at
	least the size of the Enterprise. Picard RISES, gazing
	transfixed at the alien image on the Main Viewer.

					PICARD
			Magnify.

	The image of Tin Man becomes larger.

					PICARD
			Remarkable. Computer -- locate
			Tam Elbrun.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Tam Elbrun is in Turbolift One,
			en route to the Main Bridge.

					PICARD
			Of course.

40   ANGLE FAVORING AFT STATIONS

	as Worf, in foreground, FROWNS over his security board.
	In background, Tam and Troi ENTER from aft turbolift.

					WORF
			Commander...

	Riker WALKS UP ramp to stand by Worf.

        STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT TWO        28.

40   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Problem, Worf?

					WORF
			Sir, I am reading a wave front
			of ionized particles preceding
			the object which is tracking us.

					RIKER
				(nodding)
			Go to Yellow Alert.

					PICARD
			On screen.

41
thru	OMITTED
42

43   ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	as a ROMULAN WARBIRD UNCLOAKS.

43A  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Off the shocked reactions of the crew.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT THREE       29.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

44   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND ROMULAN SHIP (OPTICAL)

	The Romulan warbird comes up behind the Enterprise.

45   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	as before.

					WORF
			Romulan warbird, closing.
				(pause)
			They're arming main distruptors,
			Captain.

					PICARD
			Go to Red Alert -- shields at
			maximum.

	KLAXONS SOUND and red alarm lights flash.

					RIKER
			Worf, arm photon torpedoes and
			stand by.

					WORF
			Aye, sir.

					RIKER
				(to Data)
			I thought you said the Enterprise
			was faster than this Romulan --

					DATA
			In fact, we are, Commander.
			However --

	Tam is INTENT upon the viewer.

					PICARD
			Evasive, Mister Worf. Data, open
			hailing frequencies --

					TAM
			I guarantee that they don't want
			to talk to you, Captain.

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT THREE       30.

46
thru	OMITTED
47

48   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	The crew is SHAKEN -- main LIGHTING FAILS as the
	TORPEDOES EXPLODE against the ship's shields.

48A  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND ROMULAN VESSEL (OPTIZCAL)

	as the Romulan fires another spread of photon
	torpedoes at the Enterprise. It then flies over the
	Enterprise, away from us and towards the Tin Man,
	recloaking as it goes.

49
thru	OMITTED
51

52   REVERSE WIDE ANGLE ON BRIDGE

					WORF
			The Romulan has passed us, sir,
			and recloaked.

					PICARD
			Damage report.

					WORF
			No casualties reported. Seventy
			percent loss to main shields, sir.

	Tam approaches Picard again.

					TAM
			Captain, their attack on us was
			incidental.

					PICARD
			Incidental?

					TAM
			Yes. To delay us.

					DATA
			Captain, it would appear that the
			Romulan's intent is to contact
			Tin Man first, at any cost.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT THREE       31.

52   CONTINUED:

					DATA (Cont'd)
				(pause)
			According to my sensor readings,
			the warbird exceeded maximum
			engine output by nearly thirty
			percent... They appear to have
			suffered irreparable damage to
			their warp coils.

	Riker takes his chair.

					RIKER
			So -- they kept up with us by
			sacrificing their ability to
			return to Romulan space.

					PICARD
			A one-way trip.

	Tam paces nervously between the Main Viewer and Picard.

					TAM
			There is one more trailing us,
			Captain -- a day or two behind.
			Data's right -- this one's job
			is to beat us to Tin Man at any
			cost.

	Picard eyes Tam skeptically.

					PICARD
			You read all this, telepathically
			--

					TAM
			-- In the mind of the Romulan
			commander, during the attack.

	Picard exchanges looks with Riker -- can Tam be that
	good? Evidently so.

					PICARD
			Very well, then. Mister Crusher
			all stop.

					WESLEY
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Commander La Forge.

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT THREE       32.

52   CONTINUED: (2)

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge here.

53   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING

	Geordi is leaning over a console, locating a burnout.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Geordi -- how long to restore
			shields?

					GEORDI
			Working on it. Computer,
			reconfigure structural integrity
			power to feed inner deflector
			grid.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Unable to comply. Requested
			reroute would compromise
			operational safety limits.

					GEORDI
			To hell with the limits.
			Override. Authorization La Forge
			theta two-nine-nine-seven.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Rerouting structural integrity
			power supply.

					GEORDI
				(yells to supernumerary
				 in next room)
			Russell! Watch the lateral grid
			balance.
				(looks at panel)
			Nope, too much. We gotta do it
			manually.
				(keys insignia)
			La Forge to bridge.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Go ahead.

					GEORDI
			Captain, I'm trying to feed the
			inner grid by stealing some power
			from the structural integrity
			field. You should have partial
			shielding in thirty minutes.

      STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT THREE      32A.

53   CONTINUED:

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			You have ten.

54   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

					PICARD
			Picard out.
				(to the group in
				 general)
			The Romulans wish the honor of
			the first contact, let them have
			it.

	The others REACT in various STARTLED ways. Tam is
	almost in a panic.

					TAM
			You're out of your mind, Picard!
			What if the Romulans find a way
			to persuade Tin Man --

					PICARD
			I think the chances of that are
			remote. And, Mister Elbrun, if
			you'll be still you may learn --

					TAM
			What?

					PICARD
			That being first, at any cost,
			is not always the point.
					(MORE)

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT THREE       33.

54   CONTINUED:

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(pause)
			Data, while we await repairs, I
			want Life Sciences and Engineering
			to continue collecting information
			on the alien. Query the Vega Nine
			probe, and the long-range sensors.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

55   INT. DATA'S QUARTERS - WIDE ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as Data and Tam ENTER together. Data SITS at his large
	computer workstation and ACTIVATES it. Tam WANDERS
	around the room CURIOUSLY.

					TAM
			You do a lot of your work here?

	Data, in ANALYSIS mode, ABSORBS INFORMATION as it
	FLASHES on screen before him.

					DATA
			Yes. I have configured these
			instruments to display information
			with greater speed and efficiency
			than stations used by the others.

					TAM
			Nice. A little Spartan.

					DATA
			Spartan?

					TAM
			Lots of work space, not much room
			to live. I don't guess you sleep?

					DATA
				(still working)
			I have tried it, from time to
			time. But you are correct. I
			do not require rest.

	Tam walks over to an easel with a COVERED PAINTING on
	it, and lifts one corner of the cloth appraisingly.

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT THREE       34.

55   CONTINUED:

					TAM
			But you paint.

	Data has an uncomfortable sense of being EVALUATED.
	He changes the subject.

					DATA
			The creature's anatomy appears
			most peculiar.

					TAM
			In what way?

					DATA
			It is indeed laid out as a vessel,
			with what appear to be corridors
			and chambers. An internal
			environment suitable for carbon
			based life forms is being
			maintained. Yet there is no
			evidence of a crew aboard.
				(thoughtful)
			Tin Man is a living being yet it
			was bred or adapted itself to
			serve a purpose. I find that very
			interesting.

	Tam LEANS across the work station, to regard Data
	intently.

					TAM
			Why? Must living beings have a
			purpose? Or do we exist for no
			reason but to exist?

					DATA
			I do not believe I am qualified
			to express an opinion.

					TAM
			Ah, Data -- you're uniquely
			qualified. You think a great deal
			about humanity -- and you're an
			honest researcher. You don't
			treat anything as trivial, or
			irrelevant. You want to try it
			all.

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/4/90 - ACT THREE       35.

55   CONTINUED: (2)

	Data shuts off his computer and RISES, INTRIGUED by
	Tam.

					DATA
			You said in the Transporter Room
			that you could not read my mind.

					TAM
			True enough. But I think I
			understand you pretty well.
				(pause)
			It worries you -- that I can't
			read your mind?

					DATA
				(quietly)
			Perhaps there is nothing to read.
			Nothing other than mechanism and
			algorithmic response --

					TAM
			Perhaps you're just different.
			Not a sin, you know -- though you
			may have heard otherwise.

56   CLOSE ON DATA

	considering Tam's words.

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT THREE       36.

57
thru	OMITTED
58

59   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard at Command. Troi, Riker, Wesley, Data, and Worf
	at their stations. Supernumeraries at Science Aft
	Stations. Tam Elbrun standing on ramp near Troi.

					DATA
			Captain, the Romulan ship is
			hailing the alien using their
			equivalent of linguacode.

					RIKER
			Response?

					DATA
			None so far, Commander.

					TAM
			Why should it answer? What can
			it have in common with them?

					RIKER
			But you're so sure it'll "talk" to
			you.

					TAM
				(smug)
			Well, I --

					WORF
				(interrupting)
			Captain, the Romulans are arming
			all disruptors.

60   ANGLE ON PICARD

					PICARD
			Yellow Alert. Prepare for evasive
			action at the first change in the
			Romulans' course.

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT THREE       37.

61   ANGLE ON RIKER

					RIKER
			With our shields in their present
			condition, we can't risk --

62   ANGLE ON TAM

					TAM
			No!

	EYES WIDE, he steps toward the Main Viewer, FRANTIC.

					TAM
			We're not the target. It's Tin
			Man --

					PICARD
			What do you mean? They intend
			to destroy it?

					TAM
				(acknowledges)
			Those are their orders if they
			can't secure the alien.

63   ANGLE ON PICARD

					PICARD
				(to Wesley)
			Increase speed to intercept the
			Romulans.

64   ANGLE ON WESLEY

	as he consults his instruments, then looks to Picard
	with a shake of his head.

					WESLEY
			Their lead is too great.

65   CLOSE ON PICARD

					PICARD
			Worf, hail them. I cannot allow
			--

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/4/90 - ACT THREE       38.

66   BACK TO WIDE ANGLE

					TAM
				(interrupting, panicked)
			They won't listen to you!

	Tam LOOKS from Picard to the Main Viewer, like a
	TRAPPED ANIMAL looking for a place to FLEE -- or to
	MAKE A STAND. With sudden resolution he steps past the
	forward stations and stands directly before the Main
	Viewer.

67   EXTREME CLOSE-UP ON TAM

	EYES CLOSED; a look of pained CONCENTRATION on his
	face.

					TAM
				(low)
			Danger... Gom-tuu... Do not allow!

68   OMITTED

69   EXT. SPACE - TIN MAN (OPTICAL)

	The ENERGY traces on its surface FLARE BRILLIANT WHITE,
	the first sign of response from the creature since its
	discovery. A NARROW RING OF WHITE ENERGY, like a SHOCK
	WAVE, RADIATES away from its surface in ALL DIRECTIONS.

70   EXT. SPACE - ROMULAN WARBIRD (OPTICAL)

	The white energy of the SHOCK WAVE weapon PASSES OVER
	THE ROMULAN, WHICH EXPLODES INSTANTLY INTO A MILLION
	SHARDS OF METAL AND DUST.

71   OMITTED

72   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	as our crew reacts.

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT THREE       39.

73   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The Enterprise and the oncoming wall of energy. The
	energy begins to WAVER, FADE, and only the ghost of
	it is left to PASS OVER THE BOW of the Enterprise.

74   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	as lights fail and the crewpeople are SHAKEN about.
	RED ALERT SOUNDS -- this is a MAJOR SYSTEMS FAILURE,
	brought about by Tin Man's DEFENSIVE use of its weapon.

					PICARD
			Worf! Damage report!

75   ANGLE ON WORF

					WORF
			Not yet available, Captain. We
			have partial failure of the main
			computer.

76   ANGLE ON PICARD

	as he ADVANCES on Tam Elbrun, who still STANDS swaying
	with weakness by the Main Viewer. Picard is livid, and
	HE IS SCARED.

77   CLOSE ON PICARD AND TAM

	Picard is INCHES from Tam's face.

					PICARD
			You did this. You woke your Tin
			Man.

78   EXTREME CLOSE-UP ON TAM'S FACE

	His eyes open slowly, but he is a million miles away as
	we:

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/4/90 - ACT FOUR       40.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

79   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	In orbit around Beta Stromgren with Tin Man in the
	distance.

80   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING - WIDE ANGLE

	Geordi SUPERVISING several Engineering technicians as
	RIKER LOOKS ON. A technician hands Geordi a PADD,
	which he READS with consternation.

					GEORDI
			We've got impulse power, but I've
			got to take the warp engines off
			line while we recalibrate the
			intermix regulators.

					RIKER
			How long?

					GEORDI
			For just the warp drive, or for
			everything?

					RIKER
			All of it.

					GEORDI
			We're looking at twenty hours
			work, double shifts.

					RIKER
			Geordi, we don't know that we have
			twenty hours. The star could
			explode at any time --

					GEORDI
			I know. Okay, first we need to
			get the main computer working
			right --

					RIKER
			No -- fix the shields first.

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/4/90 - ACT FOUR       41.

80   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Commander, whatever Tin Man hit
			us with, it fried circuits I
			thought were unfryable.

					RIKER
			It's not Tin Man I'm worried
			about. It's more Romulans showing
			up.

					GEORDI
			Right. First priority, get the
			shields up. Only, let's not have
			any more surprises till I'm done.

					RIKER
				(bitterly)
			Don't ask me about surprises.
			Ask Tam Elbrun.

81   INT. SICK BAY - ANGLE ON TAM ELBRUN

	sitting up on a biobed as Beverly Crusher scans him.
	Picard and Troi are present.

					BEVERLY
			Brain activity suggests that
			you're coming out of a sort of
			fugue, or seizure... blood
			pressure and glucose indicative
			of general systemic stress --

					TAM
				(lightly)
			But I'm gonna live?

					BEVERLY
				(very dry)
			No doubt about it.

	Picard, unamused, ADVANCES on Tam.

					PICARD
			Good. I want to know exactly what
			you did. I want to know how
			closely you are in communication
			with the alien, and what you've
			learned about it. Now.

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/4/90 - ACT FOUR       42.

81   CONTINUED:

	Tam steps off the biobed and faces Picard.

					TAM
			I... just warned it, that's all.
			I've been in contact with it...
			sensing impressions from it...
				(pause)
			It calls itself Gomtuu. It's old,
			Captain. It's roamed the universe
			for many thousands of years.

					PICARD
			Where did it come from? How
			many...

					TAM
			Far away, I think. Maybe beyond
			the galaxy. Once there were
			millions of them.

					PICARD
			Once?

					TAM
			It hasn't seen another of its kind
			for millennia. It's alone. It
			may be the last of its species.

	Picard is reflective, saddened by the thought.

					PICARD
			Perhaps we can help it in some
			way. Can you ask it to return
			with us to Federation space? Or
			at least to remove itself from
			the vicinity of Beta Stromgren,
			before the star explodes?

					TAM
			Captain, Gomtuu knows that the
			star will go nova soon. That's
			why it came here. It wants to die.

					BEVERLY
			Why?

	Tam begins very matter of fact, but becomes more and
	more distant as he relives what he read in Tin Man's
	mind.

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FOUR       43.

81   CONTINUED: (2)

					TAM
			There was... an explosion, in
			space... radiation penetrated
			the outer layers. The crew...
			the crew died. Such loss... empty
			pain... Hollowness.

	Troi LUNGES forward and grips Tam by both arms.

					TROI
			Stop this! Tam -- Tam, you're
			losing yourself in this -- this
			merging.

					TAM
			I -- I know.
				(sits up. To Picard)
			Tin Man hurts... and wants to die.
				(a beat)
			I can't do any more from here.
			If you want me to really reach
			Tin Man, I've got to be in
			physical contact. I've got to
			go aboard.

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FOUR       44.

81   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
			No. Absolutely out of the
			question.

					TAM
			You don't trust me.

82   CLOSE ON PICARD

					PICARD
			No. I don't believe that I do.

83   BACK TO SHOT

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Tam -- when you reached out to
			the alien, to warn it -- did you
			give any thought to this vessel?
			To the danger, however
			inadvertent, the creature might
			pose to our crew? Or did you
			simply react out of instinct?

84   ANGLE TO INCLUDE TROI

					TROI
			Captain --

					TAM
			Deanna -- he's right... I don't
			know what might happen -- but if
			you don't let me go, we fail in
			our mission.

85   BACK TO SHOT

	as Tam WALKS uncertainly to door -- STOPS in the open
	doorway and TURNS BACK to Picard.

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT FOUR       45.

85   CONTINUED:

					TAM
				(continuing)
			Besides, at this point, you need
			all the help you can get -- even
			Tin Man's.

	Tam EXITS.

86   INT. MAIN ENGINEERING - ANGLE ON GEORDI

	as he reseals the hatch on a wall display, and hands a
	tool to an assisting Engineering technician.

					GEORDI
			Russell -- reactivate the sensor
			assemblies.

87   ANGLE TO INCLUDE POOL TABLE (OPTICAL)

	Geordi and Russell move to the pool table. Russell
	makes adjustments to a panel. Nothing happens.

					GEORDI
			Okay, let's do a program reload
			on the port array only.

	Russell makes more adjustments.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Good. Computer, run level two
			diagnostic.

					COMPUTER VOICE
			Port sensor array remains offline.

					GEORDI
			Damn.

	Geordi starts pulling isolinear chips from an unseen
	access panel on the underside of the pool table.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to La Forge. How's it
			coming?

	Geordi doesn't even look up from his work.

      STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/12/90 - ACT FOUR      45A.

87   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Not great... I think all the
			control processors are shot.
			Maybe if I swap the chips from
			the secondary array, I can give
			you a minimum EM scan.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Do it.

	Geordi motions to one of his assistants, who starts
	pulling chips from another unseen access panel, and
	hands them to Geordi, who picks three of them and
	inserts them carefully into the first unseen access
	panel.

					GEORDI
			Russell -- try restarting sensor
			element thirty-two only.

	As the display comes alive to show a schematic of the
	Stromgren system. A MOVING BLIP representing an
	approaching ship appears near the outer edges of the
	system.

88   REVERSE ANGLE ON GEORDI

					GEORDI
			Well, the good news is that we
			have partial long range sensors.
				(he taps his
				 communicator)
			La Forge to bridge.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker here.

89   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	Riker at Command, other stations manned by
	Supernumeraries. Worf is assisting several engineering
	technicians, who have the circuitry access panels open
	and are replacing circuit boards.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			I'm picking up another echo on
			the long-range sensor display
			here. You getting that on your
			panel?

       STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FOUR       46.

89   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Worf?

					WORF
			One moment, Commander.

	One technician closes an access panel and nods to Worf,
	who goes to his Tactical Console and reactivates it,
	satisfied at last that it is now working properly.

					WORF
			Confirmed. Sir, the other Romulan
			ship... on an intercept course.

90   ANGLE ON RIKER

					RIKER
				(very discouraged)
			Geordi, are we gonna have shields
			anytime soon?

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			I'm doing the best I can...
			But shields won't help if that
			star explodes.

91   INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - WIDE ANGLE FAVORING PICARD

	who is standing. Troi and Data are present.

					PICARD
			Data, you and Tam Elbrun seem to
			have developed an affinity. Troi,
			you've known him for years. How
			far can he be trusted?

					TROI
			Captain, the issue isn't one of
			trust in Tam's intentions, but
			in his judgment. I would trust
			him to do what he believes is
			right --

					PICARD
			Yes, of course. But his
			judgment...

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FOUR           47.

91   CONTINUED:

					TROI
			... Is precarious. The stress of
			exposure to so many minds on the
			ship has been bad enough. Now
			he's strongly drawn to this
			creature. I'm afraid for him.

					PICARD
			Afraid of what?

					TROI
			I sense that the alien is somehow
			calling him. If we allow him to
			do as he insists -- to beam over
			-- I'm afraid that we'll lose him
			to it.
				(pause)
			That he will lose himself.

					DATA
			Captain, I agree that Tam's
			motives are trustworthy. I do
			not believe it is possible that
			he might act against us, or cause
			Tin Man to act against us out of
			malice.

92   OMITTED

93   ANGLE ON TROI

					TROI
			If Tam breaks down over there,
			we'll be no closer to
			accomplishing our mission,
			Captain. It would be a grave
			mistake.

94   BACK TO SHOT

					PICARD
			Thank you both.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT FOUR          48A.

97   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Captain, the Romulan has
			uncloaked.

	Picard and Data ENTER from the Ready Room and head
	for their seats.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FOUR           48.

94   CONTINUED:

	Troi EXITS. Data stands waiting, as if to add
	something.

					PICARD
			Data?

					DATA
			I am puzzled, sir. We have come
			this far. But you may not allow
			Tam to fulfill his mission.

95   ANGLE ON PICARD

					PICARD
			Data -- Elbrun warned Tin Man,
			and the first thing it did was
			to destroy a space vessel.

					DATA
			I think I understand, sir.
				(pause)
			If you feel that the risk is too
			great to send Tam Elbrun, alone,
			then send me with him.

					PICARD
			Counselor Troi understands him
			better.

					DATA
				(acknowledging)
			But I distress him less.
				(a beat)
			It is humanity he is fleeing.
			I can serve as an intermediary...
			a bridge back, and a reminder of
			his obligations... both to us
			and to Tin Man.

96   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as a Romulan warbird MATERIALIZES in foreground.

97   INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	Riker, Worf. Supernumeraries at all other stations.
	As they react to the warbird.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FOUR           49.

97   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Status Number One?

					RIKER
			Shields at forty percent, Captain.
			We can maneuver on impulse.

					WORF
			Phasers available on manual, sir.
			computer target lock not
			functioning.

					PICARD
			Well, let's hope they're in a mood
			to talk. Open hailing
			frequencies.

98   CROSSCUTTING FROM BRIDGE TO MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	where a Romulan warbird hovers close.

					PICARD
			Romulan vessel -- this is Captain
			Jean-Luc Picard of the USS
			Enterprise.

	On viewer, the warbird is replaced by TIGHT ANGLE: The
	Romulan commander in his Ready Room.

					ROMULAN COMMANDER
			Enterprise -- your presence here
			is a violation of Romulan space.
			You will leave immediately.

					PICARD
			We are not familiar with the terms
			of your claim on this sector,
			Commander. We are here engaged
			in scientific research. Do you
			wish to participate --

					ROMULAN COMMANDER
			We have monitored the destruction
			of our sister ship by the star
			creature. We claim right of
			vengeance. We will destroy the
			alien.
				(pause)
			If you interfere, we will destroy
			you as well.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/4/90 - ACT FOUR           50.

99   REACTION SHOT OF PICARD

	considering his limited options as we:

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/5/90 - ACT FIVE           51.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

100  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND THE ROMULAN SHIP
	(OPTICAL)

	facing one another down.

					PICARD (V. O.)
			Captain's log, Supplemental.
			Light-years beyond the edges of
			explored space, and virtually
			disabled, our survival may now
			depend upon Tam Elbrun's
			telepathic rapport with an alien
			intelligence.

101  OMITTED

102  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Troi, Worf, and Wesley at their
	stations. Supernumerary at Ops. Picard is grim.

					PICARD
			Picard to Tam Elbrun.

	A beat before Tam comes on com-link.

					TAM'S COM VOICE
			Captain?

					PICARD
			Report to Transporter Room Six
			immediately.

	Troi RISES.

					TROI
			Captain, I don't --

	Picard signals silence.

					PICARD
				(to Tam)
			Commander Data will meet you
			there.

	Picard nods to Data, who acknowledges, rises from his
	station and EXITS.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/5/90 - ACT FIVE           52.

102  CONTINUED:

	Picard approaches Troi.

					PICARD
			Counselor, we no longer have a
			choice.

	Troi nods reluctant agreement, but turns away
	distressed.

103
thru	OMITTED
105

106  EXT. SPACE - TIN MAN (OPTICAL)

	orbiting Beta Stromgren. Enterprise and the Romulan
	in distance.

           STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/12/90 - ACT FIVE           53.

107  INT. TIN MAN CORRIDOR - WIDE ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	as Data and Tam MATERIALIZE. The corridor is ROUNDED,
	organic-looking, with dim ENERGY-VEINS resembling Tin
	Man's exterior. The interior is very dark, shadows
	broken only by the lights behind the glistening walls.

107A ANGLE ON TAM

	His eyes are closed. He shakes with tension,
	struggling against fear and the strange closeness of
	the alien which surrounds him.

	He spins away from Data, his hands clutching at his
	head.

					TAM
			No... Too much. Too much.

	Data moves to Tam.

					DATA
				(concerned)
			Tam?

					TAM
			I can't.

	Data reacts, keying his insignia.

					DATA
			Data to Enterprise. Come in
			Enterprise.

	Tam, struggling against his pain, turns back to Data.

					TAM
				(to Data)
			No... No, don't.

					DATA
			If it is harming you, we must
			return.

	Again Data keys his insignia.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Enterprise, respond.

	A beat. There is no response. But we see that Tam is
	slowly beginning to assimilate the flood of information
	from Tin Man.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT FIVE          53A.

107A CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I cannot contact the ship.

	Tam relaxes, smiles peacefully. In this moment, two
	fantastically different life forms have made contact.
	Information has been exchanged and a bond is forming.

					TAM
			It's alright... Gomtuu tried to
			communicate a lifetime of
			experiences to me in a few
			seconds.
				(a beat)
			It's alright now.

108  OMITTED

109  INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - ANGLE ON O'BRIEN

	who looks at his console, disturbed. He adjusts a
	readout. Unsatisfied, he activates his communicator.

					O'BRIEN
			O'Brien to bridge.

110  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE ON PICARD

					PICARD
			Go ahead, Chief.

					O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE
			I lost the transporter lock on
			them. Some kind of force field
			went up.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT FIVE           54.

111  WIDE ANGLE

					WORF
			Confirmed. The alien has thrown
			up a shield -- it's blocking all
			our sensors.

	Picard is greatly concerned by this.

112  ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	as the Romulan ship moves away from the Enterprise.
	Beyond it in the distance the red star, and Tin Man,
	are visible.

					WORF
			The Romulans' weapons systems are
			now at full power.

113  OMITTED

114  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	Picard, Riker, Worf. Troi and Wesley at their stations.
	Supernumerary at Ops.

					PICARD
			Red Alert... Mister Worf... arm
			photon torpedos.

115  INT. TIN MAN CORRIDOR - ANGLE ON TAM

	Data watches as Tam is now totally focussed on his
	communication with Tin Man.

	He approaches a glowing light panel on the corridor
	wall. He places his palm on the panel and it GLOWS
	BRIGHTER. Tam LAUGHS softly as if Tin Man just told
	him something wonderful.

					TAM
			Yes...

	As Tam removes his hand, the panel FADES to its
	original intensity.

	Data, puzzled, approaches the panel, touches it. There
	is no response. Data scans the corridor.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/8/90 - ACT FIVE          54A.

116  ANGLE TO INCLUDE DATA

					DATA
			There is a large chamber twenty
			meters ahead.

					TAM
			Yeah, I know.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/8/90 - ACT FIVE           55.

117  WIDE ANGLE

	Tam smiles.

					TAM
			I know everything, now. Come on.

118  REVERSE ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	As Data and Tam round a curve in the corridor, but they
	are brought up short by the ribbed and membraned wall.
	Tam stands for a moment. His eyes are blank, the stare
	wide-eyed. Suddenly the wall OPENS to admit the
	Betazoid and the android. Data looks in wonder at Tam
	who smiles.

119  OMITTED

120  INT. TIN MAN PILOT'S CHAMBER - (OPTICAL)

	A small room narrowing at one end -- again, organic in
	appearance. The narrow end of the chamber the walls
	pulse and writhe. Darkness, shadows, and lights which
	brighten and ebb behind the flesh-like walls.

					DATA
			Intriguing.

					TAM
			This is the control center where
			Gomtuu's crew guided their
			journeys. The ship and the crew
			existed symbiotically.

	Tam continues to explore the softly pulsing room.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/8/90 - ACT FIVE           56.

120  CONTINUED:

	Tam moves down the room to the pulsing walls, and
	softly strokes it. The pulsing forms respond by
	straining toward him.

	Data experimentally touches the ship's wall. It does
	not respond. A small frown from Data. Obviously the
	ship has no interest in him.

					TAM (cont'd)
			They needed one another. When
			Gomtuu had no one left to care
			for, it no longer had a reason
			to exist.

					DATA
				(recalling their earlier
				 talk)
			And is that the purpose of
			existence? To care for someone?

					TAM
			It is for me.
				(pause)
			Deanna was right. I'll lose
			myself here.

	AGAIN, Tam REACHES out, and strokes the ship. Suddenly
	Tin Man extrudes a portion of itself. It is clearly
	a chair being formed from the floor, and it is also
	clearly a signal to Tam. He rests a hand lightly on
	the back of the chair.

					TAM
				(lightly)
			An invitation.

	Data is troubled.

					DATA
			I must remind you that our
			objective is to bring Tin Man out
			of danger and report our findings
			to Starfleet.

	Tam settles into the pilot's chair.

					TAM
			I'm not going back, Data. I'm
			staying here.

	Off Data's puzzled expression.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FIVE           57.

121
thru	OMITTED
122

123  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE FAVORING MAIN VIEWER
	(OPTICAL)

	as the Romulan commander reappears on the viewer.
	Picard, Riker, Worf, Troi and Wesley at their stations.
	Supernumeraries at Conn and Ops.

					ROMULAN COMMANDER
			Captain Picard, if you interfere
			with us, we will fire upon you
			as well --

124  CROSS-CUTTING BETWEEN PICARD AND VIEWER AS
	NECESSARY (OPTICAL)

					PICARD
			Commander -- we are prepared to
			defend the life of the alien.
				(to Worf)
			Shields up.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT FIVE           58.

124  CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(urgently)
			Power levels aboard the alien are
			increasing, sir.

					WESLEY
				(stepping on Worf's line
				 in his urgency)
			Captain, the diameter of the star
			has decreased by one hundred
			thousand kilometers.

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			It's beginning.

125  EXT. SPACE - TIN MAN (OPTICAL)

	Enterprise and Romulans in background -- as Tin Man's
	lights and engines BLAZE ON FULL.

126  INT. TIN MAN PILOT'S CHAMBER - (OPTICAL)

	Tam settles into the chair, and the ship with an EFFECT
	similar to that which opened the doorway to the pilot's
	chamber, creates a viewport with a view of the stars
	for the Betazoid.

					TAM
				(turning to look at
				 Data)
			Explain to them... make them
			understand.

					DATA
				(forcefully)
			But our mission...

					TAM
			... is to save Tin Man and I
			will... but he's going to save
			me as well. All my life I've
			waited for this. A chance to
			find peace. Finally all the
			the voices are silent. Only Tin
			Man speaks to me now.
				(a beat)
			Don't you see, Data? This is
			where I belong.

	Off Data's expression.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FIVE          58A.

127
thru	OMITTED
131

132  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker checking his com panel.

					RIKER
			The star is gonna go any minute,
			sir.

					PICARD
			The Romulans know that as well
			as we do.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT FIVE           59.

132  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Power levels aboard Tin Man
			increasing beyond our sensor
			range.

133  OMITTED

134  EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL)

	Tin Man glowing brightly, as another energy pulse halos
	the ship, and rushes toward the Enterprise and the
	Romulan ship. It strikes, and both ships TUMBLE out
	of frame.

135  OMITTED

136  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Tumbling wildly.

137  INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Picard, Riker, Worf, Troi and Wesley. SHAKES, the
	SOUND of warp engines WHINING under the stress.

138  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	coming finally to a stop in starlit, empty space.
	Alone.

139  INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE

	as things return to normal and RED ALERT ENDS.

					PICARD
			Conn -- report.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT FIVE           60.

139  CONTINUED:

					WESLEY
			Dead stop, Captain. Sir--
				(pause as he
				 double-checks readings)
			We've been thrown clear of Beta
			Stromgren. Distance -- three
			point eight billion kilometers.

					WORF
			There is no sign of Tin Man or
			the Romulans, sir.
				(checks his panel)
			Captain -- on screen!

140  ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL)

	the EXPLOSION and flowering of Beta Stromgren as it
	goes SUPERNOVA.

141  ANGLE ON PICARD (OPTICAL)

	standing midway between his seat and Conn, STUNNED.

					PICARD
			Data.

	Behind Picard, Data MATERIALIZES. NOT the transporter
	effect -- Tin Man has returned him.

					DATA
			Sir?

	Picard, startled, does a take on Data. The android is
	unperturbed.

					PICARD
			Data -- what happened, over there?

					DATA
			Difficult to explain, Captain.

142  CLOSE ON TROI

	Looking at Data.

					TROI
			Tam?

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT FIVE           61.

142  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I believe he has found what he
			was looking for, Counselor.

	As Troi reacts --

143  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	through space at impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's log, supplemental. With
			all main systems at least
			temporarily restored, we are
			proceeding to Starbase one fifty-two 
			for inspection and additional repairs.

144  OMITTED

145  INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Data standing by the windows gazing out at the stars.
	His expression is thoughtful. Troi ENTERS.

					PICARD (V.O.)
				(continuing)
			We have had no further encounter
			with the Romulans. As for the
			whereabouts of Tin Man, and Tam
			Elbrun -- we can only speculate.

					TROI
			You sent for me?

					DATA
				(turning to face her)
			Tam's final request was for me
			to explain his decision to the
			crew. But I believe his hope was
			that you would understand.

	Troi nods. A beat.

            STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT FIVE           62.

145  CONTINUED:

					TROI
			What did happen, Data?

					DATA
			I witnessed something remarkable.
				(considers a moment)
			Individually they were both so...

					TROI
			Wounded? Incomplete?

					DATA
			Yes. But no longer. Through
			their joining they have been
			healed. Grief was transmuted to
			joy. Loneliness to belonging.

	Troi is hearing an echo of something new in Data's
	voice.

					TROI
			Data, you do understand...

					DATA
			Yes, Counselor, when Tin Man
			returned me to the Enterprise I
			realized that this was where I
			belong.

	A long look. Troi steps to his side, and lightly lays
	a hand on his shoulder. They gaze out at the passing
	stars.

146  OMITTED

147  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	snapping off into warp.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             


